DENVER, CO. – JUNE 25: Panelists from left to right, Robert Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council of Foreign Relations, former Secretary of the Treasury, and Jacqueline Hinman, President and CEO, CH2M Hill, and Rich Barton, co-founder and executive chairman, Zillow Inc. and founder of Expedia, have a discussion hosted by Willow Bay, right, Bloomberg TV entitled, â€œA New Competitive Era: America in the World,â€? during the Clinton Global Initiative America at the Sheridan Downtown Denver, Wednesday morning, June 25, 2014. (Photo By Andy Cross / The Denver Post)

The drive to regulate oil and gas drilling through ballot initiatives is “not the way to manage this problem,” former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said during the Clinton Global Initiative Wednesday in Denver.

Ritter, who was part of a panel discussing environment and energy, said he supports Gov. John Hickenlooper’s effort to find a compromise legislative solution.

Hickenlooper is trying to develop a bill that gives local governments a measure of control over drilling, but still assures the ability of companies to operate.

A compromise would lead to U.S. Rep Jared Polis, D-Boulder, to withdraw his backing for three initiatives headed to the state’s November ballot. The measures would amend the state constitution with rules regarding setbacks and local control of drilling.

As news of the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, unfolded last week, Pia Guerra, a 46-year-old Vancouver-based artist, felt helpless. She couldn’t bring herself to go to sleep, so she began to draw.

Police who find suspected drugs during a traffic stop or an arrest usually pause to perform a simple task: They place some of the material in a vial filled with liquid. If the liquid turns a certain color, it’s supposed to confirm the presence of cocaine, heroin or other narcotics.